*A NOTE FROM SPIDERFIT CO-FOUNDER, BRETT KLIKA: While the post below does not include drills, activities, or research regarding youth physical activity, it's my hope that the perspective shared from my recent experience helps you as a parent, coach, or educator bring...

Man, raising kids is hard. Before kids, we struggle to get ourselves to a point where we sort of feel like adults then BAM! Now we have to help someone else through the process. It’s like taking piano lessons and after struggling to learn your first song your teachers...

The human body can survive (agonizingly) about a month without food and nearly a week without water, but only a few minutes without breathing. Ironically, many of us health conscious people are willing to spend physical, mental, and even financial resources to...

“OK everyone find a partner.” If you work with kids, you know this phrase is the same as hitting a “self -destruct” button for the activity you’re about to do. Getting kids to engage with a partner and/or organized group is not only important for crowd management,...

“Toys” can take on many forms for a child. From the well-marketed plastic renderings of the Disney character- of- the- day to empty cardboard boxes, a child’s imagination can turn inanimate objects into an inspiration to think, dream, and move. As kids are less...

Stretching....Is dead! Well, not really. (That’s just a really catchy headline.) In reality, the stretching we grew up with still has some benefit for our kids, we’ve just found it needs to be applied differently to provide a benefit. We’ve actually discovered that...

By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Kids can often seem clumsy. It’s not so much that they are truly uncoordinated and clumsy, it’s often the case that they simply haven’t fully developed the neural circuits, synaptic connections, nerve insulation (myelination) and sensory...